Snow? Really? Snow? All Signs Point to Yes

Last Friday, the UW’s Cliff Mass was running the models and snow kept popping up: “The model forecasts for next Wednesday and Thursday would warm the heart of a polar bear. You want a high amplitude trough, well positioned to bring in cold air…you got it.”

But the models have forecast snow before, and the key elements have skittered around enough in the intervening days that nothing much has appeared. “I won’t get too excited about this until Monday,” wrote Mass.

Tuesday there’ll likely be a convergence zone playing impishly with where winter weather appears in force, but, says Sistek, “Wednesday midday through Thursday morning is our best chance of lowland snow of the week, with greatest chances for getting snow and accumulations north of Seattle.” Here’s the updated National Weather Service forecast for the week, also picking on Wednesday as a good snow day: